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Its Birth, Hlse apd Progress
Nihilism in Bussia -was first promul
gated a few years previous to the ac
cession of Emperor Nicholas in 1825.
The revolution of that year-was caused
by it, although the association was pop
ularly known as the " Decemberists,"
from the month in which the riot of St
Petersburg occurred. The followers of
this organization established a paper in
London called the Bell, with the famous
revolutionist, Hertzen, as editor. His
chief object was to bring about a regen
eration of the people and to sweep from
the face of the earth every member of
the Czar's family, the titled aristocracy
and the priests, and to make an equal
division of all lands. He was remarka
bly able, and his productions, called
".Letters from This bide, produced a
5rof ound impression upon the youth of
iussia. He unveiled the secrets of the
Czar's household, and painted him in
the most frightful colors. His agents
penetrated the seclusion of the highest
circles oJltussian society and made con
verts everywhere, but chiefly in the uni
versities. Hip influence continued un
til 1848. He died in Switzerland a few
year? since an exile on whose head a
price nad ueen set for naif a century.
Societies under various names sprung
up1, all having Hertzen's views as their
fundamental doctrine. The chief of these
was the "Society of Young Eussia."
They went further than ilertzen, and in
their journals, published secretly in Eus
sia, they even denounced the Bell as
"old fogy." Among the advocates of
the new doctrine were Mikhailoft, the
great poet, and Tzernyshevski, of Naples,
Jn 1870 the publications were sup
pressed and the writers exiled. But thin
mattered little, because their views had
gained so strong a hold upon the Eus
sian mind that leaders were unnecessary.
In June, 1872, the Czar issued a ukase,
giving power to the Minister of the In
terior to punish any undue freedom of
the press, and since that time there has
been an unceasing round of persecution.
In. the midst of it all, however, the doc
trines of the revolutionists have been
gaining steadily, until they have honey
combed the Eussian empire from end to
end. The name Nihilists was first given
to them in 1864, in a series of letters by
Antovitch, and was immediately adopt
ed, and is now universally recognized by'
revolutionists of every grade.
In 1870 the Nihilists began to take
decided and important action. Young
men and young ladies, even in the high
est ranks of society, dressed themselves
as peasants and sought menial employ
ment, going everywhere and submitting
to any sacrifice, that they might propa-
fato their doctrine. The ladies havi
een especially efficient They cut oil
their long hair, and entered the pro
fessions. Some of them became physi
cians, and followed recklessly the exam
ples of the men, and they became
equally dangerous to the permanence of
the empire as the most flagrant among
the revolutionists. Out of their extrenu
notions of liberty they adopted a form
of free-love, abrogating the rite of mar
riage, and dressing in peculiar forms
somewhat similar to the Bloomer cos
tume of this country.
The strength of the secret Nihilist
Government, known as the Society for
General Freedom, can hardly be overes
timated. It has its followers in every
circle of society and in every household.
Its organization is marvelously perfect
and compact, while its mysteries are
surrounded by the most awful oaths,
with immediate death as the penalty for
their violation. Beside these, there are
eome 14,000,000 of the Starovier (old
faith men). These declare the Czar
and his family to be agents of the devil.
They endure every form of persecution,
and can always be relied upon as the
firm friends of the Nihilists. They em
ploy agents who go from village to vil
lage spreading their doctrine. They are
U able to read and write, and among
tliem aro multitudes of Poles and ex-
i.xiles. By the Nihilists and Staroviers
assassination is regarded as a justifiable
meanB of ridding the country of tyrants.
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
No.416MontgemeryStreet,8anFr'aricIgco,Cal.
RlEEZKaSKS 15? AP SlXaTBB
The highest price paid for GOLD, SILVER ar.d LEAD ORES. Lead bullion pur
chased Ores and Bullion Assayed.
Manufacturers of Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead, Shot Bar Lead, etc;
PRENTISS SELBY.' Superintendent.
An .Esthetic We.
"Say, Pll tell you something if you
won't blow it," was the way one Detroit
man saluted another.
"All right go ahead I "
"You won't give it away until I sat
AO?"
" Not a word."
" Well, my wife has got to be an es
thetic." "No?"
' Sure's you're born. I have suspected
that she was working that way for somo
time past, but it's only within a day or
two that I became positive."
" Well, that's wonderful. Say, how
does she act?"
"Languid very languid. She lops
around, drawls her words, writes sad
poetry, and the sight of an old pie-tin
or banged-up chromo entrances her.
Congratulate me on my luck."
"I do I do. That is "
"What?"
"Don't build hopes too fast Be sure
you are right, then go aher.d. I labored
for a whole year under the delusion that
my wife was developing as an ajsthetio,
and wheD I came to talk with her fathtr
he said she was always more than half
idiot by nature. Go slow go slow. The
difference between an aesthetic and a fool
is so mighty small that you can't afford
to make a mistake and be placed in a
box."
Physicians now declare that too much
fish is injurious.
Mb. Matthew Abnold says: "I havo
never received, from first to last, a hun
dred pounds from America, though my
books have been, I believe, much re
printed there."
Thirty-seven camples of coffee were
examined in London, and but two found
pure.
$isson9 Crocker & C'o
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
FLOUR AND CRM
Groceries Provisions.
CANNED GOODS
Butter. Cheese, Lard,
CIGAES and IJQWWS
' BACCO
Dry Goods, Notions,
Hats, Boots and Shoes
WE ALSO KEEP ON HAND
FRESH EGGS, TJHWABE, DRUGS, K'l ( J'l(., j 'n
HI
This Gieut Siren
i'.htrilinjr Renie
UV, Hlid NKKVK
TONIC, is the rc--uit
of nvcr 20
t-iirs of pructics
xperieiiri1, iind
CUKES WITH UN
FAILING CEKTAir
rr Nervous and
Seinliitil Wen k-
i-tfs. spei miiiorriicea, im lssmns, imjxi
ii'iii'v. Exhausted vitality. Premature De
dint.- and Less of .Manhood, from what-i-vcr
cause nroduced. It enriche apt'
purities the Blood. slriMirtlaiis the Nrrvtt
Drain, Muscles, Digestion. Renri'duetive
Organs and Physical anil Mental Fncul
tit s. It stops any unnatural (li'liilitatiut:
drain upon the system, preventiiiy invol
untary losses, debilitaliiijL' dreams. semin
al losses with the urine, etc., so destruc
tive to mind unit horiv. It is a sun- film
illftlor of all KlDNET AND Hl.DrEU COM
plaints. It contains no injurious ingre
dients. To those sufferinir from the evil
effects of youthful indiscretions or exces
ses, a specilv, nermanent and thorough
cur,- is GUARANTEED. Price. ?2.r0 per
liottle, or five bottles in case, with full di
rections and advice, $10.00. Sent secnr.e
from observation to any address 'lpon re.
reiplof orice, or CO. D To "e had onlv
of
DR. CD SALFIEL'.
21G Kearny street. San Francisco,
Consultations strictly confidential. by let
ter or at office. FREE. For the converi
ence of patients, and In order to insun
perfect secrecy, T have adoptrd a private
address under which all packages are for.
warded.
NOTICE! I will
da trial bottle
if the Rkju-
venaT' k sufTicicM lo show its merits
free of charge, to anyone afflicted, apply
ing by letter, statiiitr his symptoms and
age. Communications arc all strictlv
couGdential inyl3-tf"
SOUTHERN EAC1FIC COMPANY.
COMMENCING SUNDAY-. DECEMBER
7ili. 1884, AND UNTIL FURTHER
uiicii,
TRAINS
Will leave LOS ANGELES at follows:
0:30 A. M. Daily San Francisco
U thniuirh H-cight and third-class ac
comiiiodHtion
O:30
7 tram via
Monica.
uaiiy j.ocal passenger
i-. a si. t. n, to San hi
-J A 00 A. M. Daily Local pucfutntr.-r
X V tnii: tifWiliHitigtou and San Pedi o.
1 C:Hi P. M. Daily San Francisco ex
XZi irc-8 tiuiii. connecting at Laihrop
with the Atlantic express train of th
Central Pacific Pailroad.
2:00 P. M. DAILY Arizona Exprcis
train for . Yuma Colorado Rivrr
Steamers; Maricopa stages for Phcenic
and Prescott; Ch?h Grande stages for
Florence, and Globe; Tucson and Benson
N. M. it A R. R. to Guavmas, Mexico;
Deming T. &S.F. R'. R.; El Paso
T. A. P. R. R. ; San Antonio and New
Orleans.
2:30 P. M. Sundays excepted Loral
pasienger train to Cotton.
3:00 P. M Daily Local
train to junta Ana.
paatenver
Ofil rfnr ,ne w"fking class. Send
1 1 I 110 csnts for postacc, and we
AS !U w mj y0 jru r0yjl
valuable book of sample coods that will
put you in the way of making more mon
ey in a few days than you ever thonght
possible at any business. Capital not re
quit t-d. We will si!irt you. You can
oik nil the time or in spare time only.
The work is unirersally adapted t both
-isi'!-, young and old. You can easilv
"arn from 60 c. to $5 every evening. Tha't
all who want work may lest the business.
make tins unparalleled offer; to all
who are not well sjtified we will send
?l to pay for the trouble of writing to us.
Full particulars. directions etc, sent free
Foriunes will he made by those who give
their whole lime to the work. Great suc
cess absolutely sure. Don't delay. Start
mow. Addrcrs Stixscn & Co. ,
Portland Maine.
AM) P. M Pally Locl passenger
' Tt train to Wilmington and Sun Peoro.
5:10 P. M.-i-Sundiiy Excepted--Local
passenger train to Santa Monica.
5:00 P. M. Sundays only Local pas
senger train to Cotton.
-S.P.
A Card
To nil who are suffering from the ur
mrs ai:d imli-iTetions of youth, r.ei voii
weaknet.eaih decav. his of niHiioofd.
Av., 1 wi I "..-ml a recipe that will cur.
mi, Fr 1 chergc. This great reinr'M
as iliset.vii d iy a mis sioimry in Hop'.h
America, Seti l a self-addressed envelot e,
to the Rev. Joseph T. Inmau, Station D
I New YttrkCitT.
r:15P. M. Dnilv-
O for Yuma. Tucson. Deming.
Emigrant train
A. T. Jk
F. R. R. El Paso T. & P. R. H - S in
Antonio and New Orleans.
5:i0 P. M. Sundays only Local pas
train to Santa Monica.
E. E. HEWITT.
Aa't Superintendent, Los Angeles
A. N. TOWNE,
General Manager
T.II.GOODrr. h
General Passenger and Ticket Ag't
ir 23 t
All Sorts of
hurts and many sorts of ails of
man and beast- need a cooling
loHpn. Mustang Liniment.
A FRANK,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEA.LER IN
General Merchandise
Yuma, Arizona Ty.
WINES and LIQUORS
SOLE AOSNT FOB TtJMA COCUTT FOR
H HE N
N
CIGAKS, TOBACCO, ETC.
BSTAil goods delivered free within city limits.
WHOLESALE IMPORTING HOUSE
OF
SCHODER, JOHNSTON & COMPANY.
12,4 dts 116 ISToortlx los Angoles Street
Iios A ngolos, Oali
Dealers in HARDWARE, COAL, IRON. STEEL, Concord ar.d Kinsley axles, car
rinve cpriiigs. bolts, nuts, waslier, etc. Burden and Perkins' horse and mule shoes
hor e nails, fiirven, patent wheels ana a general line oi crnage ana wagon material
P. O. BOX 1275. German, French and Spanish spoken
Althee Lorette9
Coi ner of Maiden lane and Third streot
ttuxg, - - - - Arizona (
WHOLESALE AND ETAIL DEALEIt.IN
GROCERIES DRY GOODS.
WINES AND LIOUORS.
BOOTS AND SHOES.ETC
ALSO
PINOLE, PANOCHA AND CHILfE
ALWAYS N HAD
Prlceb as low as any store in town Give me a call.
A. LORETTE.
E3
THE
I T 3D
SAMPLE ROOMS,
Main Street,
Yuma
A
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS SALOON, BUILDING AND FIXTURES
None hut Die best brands of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Kept on hand. Imported Ber, Ale and Porter. fFancy drinks a specialty WZ
have recentlv added a flue new
BILLIARD AND POOL T&BLE.
JAMES. COR ARY Proprieto
TWO! TWO maMKBak
two old (ttiubit wen 11 Ting tn cat ticrsie,
Ona nglit mafflo, tba'ctbsr cangbl a aesKk ?
6ld h wbo cmogbt ui Baffin to Ida who ci3C
thtmouxc
" TlilJ hppn J art In tlss, fa Vr nothlaf l'
Untouje,
Bt tiny piece of lemcs, ul ttMpoonfal at
boziej i
l&dwbatto d tor dinner tnc v hartal aa
mosey;
Indwtstcaa w zpeet, If ir nTn" cay flu
nor,
Snttolote onr teeth ana eyeUthe ist kktjuM
growing thinner f" i
Said the one who caught tha Bona to fea
caught the muffin: t
"We might cook the little mosat U ir only tad
some atuffln' ;
If wo hadtmt aage and onion ire could do eitremelj
well,
But how to get that atuffln' it la difficult to tall.''
These two old bachelors ran quickly to the tows,
And aaked for aage and onloua aa they wandered ay
and down
They borrowed two large onions, but no sage was to
be found,
la the shops or tn the maxkst, or la all the gardana
round.
But tome one said: "A hill there Is little to the
north,
xnd to Its perpendicular top a narrow way lead
forth,
And there among the rugged rocka abides aa ancient
aage,
Aa earnest man who reads all day a most perplexing
psge.
Climb up and silxe him by the toes ; all studious as
he aits,
And pull him dowa and chop him Into eng diets littia
bits;
Then mix him with your onion, cut up likewise
Into scraps.
When your stuifin' will be ready, and Tery good,-
perhaps."
Those two old bachelors, without any lee of
time,
The nearly perpendicular crags at cnea.begaa to
climb.
And at the top, among the rocks, all seattd la
nook.
They bxw that Sage, a-reading of a most enormous
book.
"You earnest Sage," aloud they cried, "your book
you've read enough in,
TTe wish to chop you Into bits to make you into
stuffin'."
Sut that old Sage looked calmly up and with his
awful book
At these two batchelors' bald heads a sudden aim
he took;
And orer crag and precipice they rolled promis
cuous down,
At once they rolled and nerer stopped, la Ian o
field or town,
And when they reached their house they found (b
aides their want of stufna1)
The mouse had fled and previously had eaten up thai
muffin.
They left their home In silence, by the once coaTlTi
al door,
Aad from that hour those bachelors were nsTs
heard of more.
Suake Stories from the "White Sulpfaar
Springs.
There are no flies or 'mosquitoes at the
"White Sulphur, but there are plenty of
snakes in the outlying neighborhood.
The mountains are filled "with copper
heads, rattlesnakes and adders. There
are no desirable walks and drives abeufc
here. The majority- of visitors keep
within the 800 acres known as the "WTiite
Sulphur reservation. The other day &
mountaineer bxoucrht in two huce rattle
snakes. He had them in a wooden box
with a glass top. The snakes were very
activb and vicious. They rolled, hissed
and struck at visitors who bent over' the
box, greatly to the terror of the chil
dren who crowded about the owner of
the snakes. One colored man expressed
great fear that the snakes would get out
and bite some one. "That would be all
day with them, I guess," said he. " Oh,
no I " said the mountaineer " a rattle
snake bite doesn't amount to no thin'."
"It don't? said a visitor.,
" No," said the mountaineer ; there is
not a man up in our pearls but what has
been bit by rattlers a Rood manv times.
It is easy enough to cure the bite."
JtLowI"
'Some put on 'turpentine. That-
draws the pizen out. Jest put the mouth
of a bottle tilled with turpentine on the
wound, and the pizen will dror out and
make the turpentine green. Some, how
ever, kill the snake and bind a piece of
it on the bite. That drors the pizen out.
There is a man up onr way, however,
who never does nothin' when a rattler
bites him. He has been bitten, three-
times. The bites kind a swelled up, but
after a time the swellin' went away
again."
" Did he Bay he did nothing to cure: .
the bites?"
"Yes."
" He must have lied."
" He is a preacher, and"
"Enough you need go .no further."
' The mountaineer says that the worst
snake in the mountains is the copper
head. It gives no warning, is often in
clined to be agcrressive. and strikes
quickly and surely. Its bite is much
more deadly than that of the rattle
snake. There is a den of snakes at
Cool Knob, a station some thirty miles
from here, where there are thousands" of
snakes in a great cavern that no native
has ever been bold enough to approach,
to say nothing of exploring. Cor.
untcago Timet.
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CHICAGO.
ST. LOUIS HOUSE, 203 H. Fifth SI
JL Great Singer's Meanness.
Between Patti and her sister Carlotta.
as the world knows, there is" undying
hatred. The last mentioned is. a great
artist and a woman of -trreat heart. Shu
is really loved by many in her career.
aiiu wiitui u ureuuiiu operation was per
formed on her in Paris two yeara ago
the whole world sent' messages, letters
and. dispatches, all of anxious ; inquiry,
but from the sister whose arms hud
proffered many a childish embrace, there
came not one word of love or sympathv.
All the while that Carlotta Patti was lu
the hospital with the good sisters-ofrBt.
Joseph, Adelina, was ,at the Hotel du
Bhin, and during fourteen anxious days,
while hovering between life and death,
an own sister, Bhe never sent word to
know how she was, and said, when asked
to come and witness the operation and
join in the sacraments taken with the
family before the ohlorof orm was given,
that "She, did not care whether, she
lived or died, and not to annoy Ber any
more. Mme. Strakoschdid not dare
tell Carlotta the real truth, and th
invalid believed until she was quife out
of danger that an. old ud hadbeen
healed oyer, and that a faydrite sister
had scarcely left' her bedside during so
terrible a trial. London tetter,:
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